To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from benefit cuts.

SA 386. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Wyden) proposed an amendment
to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROTECT MEDICAID
BENEFICIARIES FROM BENEFIT CUTS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to Medicaid, which may include protecting children,
pregnant women, individuals with disabilities, low-income
adults, and Americans that need long-term services and
supports, including nursing home care, who are guaranteed
benefits under Medicaid, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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